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Recipe: Apricot-Stuffed Barbecued Chicken
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 15 min.
Cooking Time: 25 min.
 
Ingredients:
  • 2 whole chicken breast, with skin, flattened with mallet
  • 1/2 cup seasoned stuffing mix
  • 1/4 cup choppedonions\cooked
  • 2 Tbs. unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
  • 4 fresh ripe apricots, halved
  • 1/2 cup apricot jam
  • 1 Tbs. cider vinegar
Cooking Directions:
Place chicken breasts skin-side down. Combine stuffing mix, onion, butter, and half the ginger. Spoon stuffing mixture in a strip along center of each breast. Top with apricot halves. Wrap chicken around the filling, tying each chicken with a string every 2-0/1 inches. Barbecue on a rack about 5-1/2 inches above medium-hot coals for about 15 minutes, turning once or twice. Mix apricot jam, vinegar, and remaining ginger. Brush over chicken. Cook an additional 5-10 minutes, or until done.
 
Per Serving: calories 372, fat 10.4g, calories from fat 25%, protein 24.5g, cholesterol 68.3mg, dietary fiber 5.2g

Nutrients Exchanges
Calories 372 Milk Exchanges 0.0
Protein 24.5g Vegetable Exchanges 0.2
Carbohydrates 49.7g Fruit Exchanges 1.1
Dietary Fiber 5.2g Bread Exchanges 0.4
Sugar 38.9g Other Carbohydrates/Sugar Exchanges 1.6
Fat Total 10.4g Lean Meat Exchanges 0.0
Saturated Fat 4.8g Very Lean Meat/Protein Exchanges 2.7
Mono-unsaturated Fat 3.3g Fat Exchanges 1.5
Poly-unsaturated Fat 2.4g
% Calories from Fat 25%    
Cholesterol 68.3mg
Sodium 214.9mg
Vitamins Minerals
Vitamin A 492.2IU Calcium 52.0mg
Thiamin (B1) 1.2mg Copper 2.0mg
Riboflavin (B2) 1.6mg Iron 2.1mg
Niacin (B3) 11.7mg Magnesium 44.6mg
Vitamin B6 1.6mg Manganese 1.8mg
Vitamin B12 0.4mcg Phosphorus 227.5mg
Vitamin C 20.5mg Potassium 762.9mg
Vitamin E 3.2IU Selenium 21.9mcg
Folate 36.5mcg Sodium 214.9mg
Pantothenic Acid 1.5mg Zinc 1.6mg